Sherry’s Latest DIY Jewellery – The Galaxy Edition

BOREDOM HAS SET IN

I wanted something ethereal and cool, at least, to make me want to wear these pieces instead of passing them over for more interesting pieces.

I have a lot of jewellery, I’d say well over 200 pieces counting everything, and there are pieces I just don’t reach for, for various reasons, so I’ve started rounding up jewellery I no longer wear and I will be devoting energy towards spicing them up.

I am starting to get bored of just stringing things together, so my brain has decided it needs more stimulation… so I came up with galaxies as the theme as inspired by Baby Bun because he is currently obsessed with his planet underwear (Mars, Saturn, Earth, etc).

THE GALAXIES EDITION

I love the idea of a starry night above us that we all share, and the endless possibilities of an unexplored universe. A lot of my jewellery is very nature-inspired, and the galaxy is part of nature, and even cooler, it’s unknown!

ORIGINAL GALAXIES NECKLACE

I started with this piece before I really got into a groove:

I never really reached for this necklace because while I love the crosshatch design, I found it a bit plain. I have so many other cooler gold necklaces that this one never came up on my radar when I rifled through my jewellery pouches to pick out something to wear.

My outfits are more neutral these days, so I need something different as a pop of interest, and it’s usually jewellery. This one is rather boring in terms of ‘pop’, so.. yeah, unworn.

After

So I kept the top half clear and only did the bottom half to give it the look of the Northern Lights as I imagine they may look like when in full blast. I have yet to go see these Lights, but I hear the trek is a bit of an ordeal. I’m not a very active person (admittedly), so it is a bit daunting, but I would like to see them at least once in my lifetime.

GALAXY BRACELET

Again, boring. I have a lot of gold cuffs, and this one in gold and silver is nice but not any different from my other ones.

You’ve never seen the northern lights????? That blows my mind a little. Granted, growing up more rural meant seeing them regularly because I didn’t have to deal with light pollution. Even so, I still see them faintly living in Edmonton. They would be much more vibrant if I drove 10-15 minutes out of town. I know some people travel to the territories to see them, but you really don’t have to go that far. You can see them almost anywhere in Canada, you just need to get away from the city lights.

That’s really it. The light pollution that makes the stars harder to see is the same thing making the northern lights hard to see. They’d obviously be brighter if you went further north, but you should be able to see them where you are. I remember watching them in southern BC as a child.